MY FIRST INDIAN HEAD,

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WELL I HAVE READ AND READ AND READ STORY AFTER STORY OF GREAT FINDS, WELL TODAY I GOT MY FIRST WORTHY POST, AFTER FINDING MY FIRST 5 WHEATS LAST WEEK AT AN OLDER HOME SITE I WENT BACK TODAY FIRST DIG WAS A WHEAT MY SECOND DIG INSIDE FIRST 20 MIN I GOT MY FIRST INDIAN HEAD, I KNEW RIGHT AWAY I HAD SOMETHING GOOD, I WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED AFTER I REALIZED WHAT I HAD, IM HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH THE DATE. AND I KNOW BY ALL MY READING ON HERE YOU GUYS AND GALS ARE THE BEST HELP OUT THERE ON HELPING SOMEONE IDENTIFY A COIN , IT APPEARS TO BE AN 1888, I HAVE ONLY LIGHTLY WASHED IT OFF WITH SOAP AND WATER, LOOKING IN MY REDBOOK IT LOOKS LIKE THE 1888 8 OVER 7 WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL HELP THANKS FOR LOOKING, CAN SOMEONE HELP ME IN DETERMINEING IF IF ITS THE 8 OVER 7 VARIETY,

I DID THE BEST I COULD ON THE PICS,
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JOE-DIRTDIGGER

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EVEN IF ITS NOT THE 8 OVER 7 VARIETY WOULD THIS COIN JUSTIFY BEING SENT OFF AND GRADED, IM A NEWBIE ON METAL DETECTIING AND COIN COLLECTION, SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR YOUR REPLIES THANKS FOR LOOKING
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Congrats, I always enjoy finding Injuns. :icon_thumright:
 

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:icon_thumright: congrats on your first indian, great feeling ain't it? knowing you're holding something nobody has touched in probally over a hundred years. hope theres more there for you to find. H.H. fred
 

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I don't see any sign of it being the overdate, but it is in pretty rough shape. I am not even quite sure if it is an 1888 or 1898. Definitely not a coin to get graded, but that doesn't take away anything from a great find. Congratulations.
 

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THANKS IT WAS A GREAT FEELING WHEN I PICKED IT UP,
I HAVE CLEANED IT SOME MORE IT CLEARLY IS AN 1888, I LOOKED AT IT HALF THE NIGHT, LOL, CLEANING IT WITH SOAP AND WATER BY HAND EVENTUALLY I COULD MAKE IT OUT IN THE RIGHT LIGHT
THANKS AGAIN I HOPE TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND FIND THE REST OF THE TRIBE SOON
 

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l.cutler said:
I don't see any sign of it being the overdate, but it is in pretty rough shape. I am not even quite sure if it is an 1888 or 1898. Definitely not a coin to get graded, but that doesn't take away anything from a great find. Congratulations.
I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND A PERFECT LOOKING COIN, AND I STILL COULD NOT SEE THE 7 UNDER THE 8, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE MARKETING IT ON EBAY AS ONE
 

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Better pics would be necessary under magnification to clarify any opinion. But from the evidence provided, it does appear to have the overdate. Note at 2 o'clock, there is a point of the acute angle of the 7. However, I only see the point in the last 2 pictures. Perhpas, it is wishful thinking on my part.
 

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Diver_Down said:
Better pics would be necessary under magnification to clarify any opinion. But from the evidence provided, it does appear to have the overdate. Note at 2 o'clock, there is a point of the acute angle of the 7. However, I only see the point in the last 2 pictures. Perhpas, it is wishful thinking on my part.

I WILL TRY TO POST BETTER PICS AFTER WORK
 

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I MEAN I WILL SURELY POST MORE PICS, LOL,
 

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Another diagnostic of the 1888/7 is the seventh feather down in the head dress. On the overdate the tip of the feather is flat and indistinct, almost the same level as the field of the coin. This coin does not seem to display this. Another is a large rim cud over the E in UNITED, this doesn't show on this coin, but in this condition may not show even if it were present.
 

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l.cutler said:
Another diagnostic of the 1888/7 is the seventh feather down in the head dress. On the overdate the tip of the feather is flat and indistinct, almost the same level as the field of the coin. This coin does not seem to display this. Another is a large rim cud over the E in UNITED, this doesn't show on this coin, but in this condition may not show even if it were present.

Like I said earlier, most likely wishful thinking on my part for the OP. In the present condition, even if the overdate could be confirmed, I don't think it will earn any premium. Most likely a conversation piece and a noteworthy footnote to a memorable find.
 

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thanks for the input going to try and post a few more pics in a few
im happy with the find either way its my first so i wont forget it
 

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im hoping these pics are some what better,
 

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